West Point

History

West Point is the original site of the Magnetic Island Quarantine Station Reserve proclaimed in Queensland Government Gazette in 1886. The station was moved to Cape Pallarenda on the mainland near Townsville in 1915, creating the Cape Pallarenda Quarantine Station (now heritage-listed).

Geography

The suburb has the following headlands: * Liver Point () * West Point () The town of West Point is located south of the headland of the same name. It is accessed via West Point Road from Picnic Bay to the south. Mount Cook is in the east of the suburb (), rising to . Most of the suburb is within the Magnetic Island National Park, except for the strip along the west coast of the island where the town and some other residential housing is situated, together with the Magnetic Island Conservation Park 1 and the Bolger Bay Conservation Park.

Most-observed species

• Peaceful Dove

  Geopelia placida Gould, 1844 · Aves
  5,325
• Australian Ibis

  Threskiornis molucca (Cuvier, 1829) · Aves
  4,359
• Rainbow Bee-eater

  Merops ornatus Latham, 1801 · Aves
  4,249
• Rainbow Lorikeet

  Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) · Aves
  4,167
• Brown Honeyeater

  Lichmera indistincta (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) · Aves
  4,151
• Masked Lapwing

  Vanellus miles (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  3,746
• Magpie-lark

  Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  3,441
• Spangled Drongo

  Dicrurus bracteatus Gould, 1843 · Aves
  3,336

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2025-03-01
  0 km SE of Kelso, Australia
• M 4.8 — 2003-08-11
  65 km ENE of Palm Island, Australia